Tim Sielbeck

Or the French. Don't forget them.

They're fucked.

No shit Sherlock. In the early 1940s THE major consumer was the US government.

Why would you think that when the majority of the output of factories was for items the government was buying for the war effort? Demand for everything, except items for the civilian market, was extremely high.

I noticed it was climbing from about 1940 to about 1943 then dropped off some then skyrocketed after 1945. There would have been no post-depression baby boom if WWII didn't happen because there would have been no post depression without WWII.

Thanks!

Where that was taken?

You are correct. But did you notice the spike starting in 1945 that is significantly greater than the peak reached in between ’40 and ‘45? That’s the boom being referenced, all those newly released from service young men returning home and starting their lives a new by getting jobs, getting married, and having lots of kids.

It looks as if something large enough, and tough enough, to lift the wheel over the rail got in the way of the one car. What it was I haven’t a clue.